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    The three mages had no choice. Both red angrily at Carlisto, who was the cause of this.


    Perment moved closer toward Carlisto.


    "You... The one who always looked down on me and mocked me. You even framed me for a fault that I didn''tmit! You and your stupid family! A poor boy with no support became a scapegoat for the idental murder of an experiment gone wrong!" Perment hatefully red at him.


    "Of everyone here, you are at fault. For a while, Elford and Torman only acted as witnesses to my crimes; it was you who framed me. And even now, you tried to work your way through lies and deceit! You tried to put a Vow Breaker curse! If not for a counter curse that I found in the arms of a dead mage in the depths of the mine, I would not have survived today and would have been brought to shame!" Perment shouted.


    Carlisto stood quietly but kept a hateful star at Perment.


    "But now, you won''t be able to do anything! I''ve just done the impossible! The deal stands, and the energy conversion circle te will be handed to Elford. Should you scheme against me, you would never find out the secret! So go on! Try to tell your family to abduct me! Do you think I wrote the form somewhere? It''s all in here!" Perment pointed at his head.


    PFFFT!! SLAP!


    A spit and a p urred, and Carlisto stumbled back and quickly began to make his counterattack.


    But at that moment, the pain repeated, and Carlisto stumbled in pain.


    "Ahhhh!"


    "Fool! I have yet to ask for payment. And it shall be made before I leave!" Permentughed and walked towards Torman.


    "Torman. Captain Torman! To you, I was just an ant that you had no problem in using. We had no quarrels. You weren''t tied to Carlisto''s family, but for money, you chose to put an innocent name to shame. All for your promotion... If you three can''t figure out the form for this, another member of the army, one opposed to you, will have it! And I will make sure that his rise will be your downfall! As you made me my downfall a mere business transaction, so will you fall because of my business transactions!"


    PFFFT! SLAP!


    Torman stumbled down from the p. But his eyes remained wide open from the threat that Permentid out on him. No matter what, the impossible had urred.


    "Senior Apprentice... Elford." Perment smiled as he walked over to the Baron.


    "You were quite the senior. The genius who everyone loved. It would have been so disappointing to me if I had not seen through your facade what you did to me. I always saw you as a maniptive man who only appeared to be thew-abiding hero. But in secret, you sought self-gain and glorification the most. This is why I chose to sell this to you. This formation te is a marvelous one. With a few alterations, I outwitted you. You gave me a ve with a deadly cultivation-halting disease, but the answer was simple! Like a needle, I pierced through her flesh and forced the energy and opened up her body to the power!" Permentughed.


    "I increased the energy of having your peak to have a thirty percent increase! That is my power! That is my wisdom! Can you figure it out, Senior Apprentice? Can you finish this puzzle? Surely you can! Surely you can work it out!"


    Elford was quiet, but his fist was clenching so hard. He wanted to hit the man but had to contain it, knowing any actions would result in his torture.


    PFFFT! SLAP!


    Elford took the p and did not allow himself to stumble. The full force of Perment was resisted. The rest hardened their face with their vitality but did not hold a firm stand and fell back to decrease the damage they would receive from a Captain''s p.


    But Elford resisted it, causing more harm to his face.


    He spat out blood and nced back at Perment.


    Emeros now understood Perment''s hatred in his heart and how he was simply a toy tossed by the strong. To mages, the wise are those who rule. Emeros now fully understood the full worth of what he gave Perment. With the innovation of an energy conversion circle that increases the energy for level up, it would cause a chain reaction that could forever change the state of a kingdom!


    "To think... these things were basic knowledge to Kyros and Noxus. This must be so weakpared to the nesworld! Is this because the people here are not descendants of gods and fallen?" Emeros thought.


    Elford stood there and spat more blood as he remained stalwart and had a nk expression.


    "Are you done?" Elford asked.


    "No. My dear, Elford. No. I''m just starting! This is the day of my prominence, remember? You cannot solve my puzzle. And when I reveal this to another family, they will soar, and I will be considered the smartest and best of your generation! It will no longer be you!" Permentughed as he walked away.


    "Who would take you seriously? Which family would listen?!" Elford challenged.


    "That... my dear senior Apprentice is your time limit. It won''t be glorious for me if I immediately find someone. You will have time to try and unravel my mystery! If you do, then the fame and glory will be yours! But if you don''t, I will shout from the highest heights of this kingdom that the ss idiot was actually smarter than the genius Elford! Your prominence will turn to shame!" Permentughed as he walked away.


    "Send the payment within the next minute to us, and it must be delivered by a weak ve and let no one follow him. We will take the money and potions from him and leave. All your forces shall remain here. My ve will activate the curse if we see anything. I will hand over the te only after we are three kilometers away from here." Perment announced as he walked towards the carriage.


    "Let''s go." Emeros spoke to Serena, and she followed Emeros toward their carriage.


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    A minuteter, a ve ran towards them in a horse and gave the carriage the money and potions to them as they left. But Emeros did not hand over the formation te just yet.


    They walked a distance and soon handed over the te.


    From afar, the men of Elford could see the signal, and the three mages saw the mark disappear. Both sides have fulfilled the vows, and the vow curse mark faded.


    "I... don''t understand! That boy! There was something about him!" Carlisto shouted.


    "I will remember this failure, Carlisto. Mark my words. You cannot run to me for aid. So be sure that no trouble befalls you!" Elford answered.


    "We still have to figure out the formation te. That Perment seemed rather arrogant." Torman answered.


    "Bah! What does that idiot know? He said he acquired a counter-curse spell through a dead mage! That formation must be based on this! I refuse to believe that he is anything more than a lucky idiot who found some formation te that had the energy conversion circle drawn on it! He was never smart! That was your assessment, Elford!" Carlisto argued.


    Soon, the ve arrived with the formation te and presented it to them.


    They removed the cover over the te and saw the drawn energy conversion circle.


    Their mouths fell down as they saw the horrifying, ugly, and full of ws te that they saw. The center also had a bizarre letter that they had never seen before.


    "What... is this?" Torman eximed.


    "This cannot be the te!" Carlisto shouted.


    "It is. The Vow disappeared. We all saw that vow! He had to give the formation te that he used!" Elford''s expression turned sour.


    As the three mages began to discuss what the formation te had, Pement and Emeros returned to the mine.


    Emeros had wounded himself and even asked Serena to punch him to make it look like he had been through something terrifying.


    But even as Serena pounded Emeros, she was surprised to know that the real person she would thank was Emeros! Perment wasn''t the master, and it was Emeros''s knowledge that helped them achieve this.


    Perment had been crying the entire time they went home.


    Emeros was also surprised at Perment''s reaction. He realized that Perment did not simply hate these men. There was no arrogance in Perment''s reaction as he continuously thanked Emeros for the opportunity.


    "Kid... You will never know what burdens you freed. It''s not just my own. But the hardship of my wife is being resolved!"


    "Your wife?!" Emeros was stunned.


    "My wife, a superior mage far better than me, has been thrown to the Dark Prison. None of those three were the primary people responsible for her chains, but they were important tools! I know I have a shot at proving my wife''s innocence!" Perment exined.


    Emeros smiled.


    "Thank you for putting your hopes on me. I would not have the opportunity to discover just... how much hope for a better future I have. I guess I, too, now have my chances of avenging those who had in the people I love."


    "Take these potions. The red ones will allow you to preserve what you do know. The two blue ones will help you remember things. Take the blue potions first, and then the red ones. I hope tomorrow we make more miracles!"


    "I will. Serena must remain in your care, Perment. But I hope you can remove the ve seal from her. I don''t want us to be a group of ves. We should all be free!"


    "I was thinking the same thing!" Perment smiled.


    Serena was surprised at the two. She realized that the lewd looks of Perment earlier were just part of a scheme, and these two weren''t as evil as they were.


    The two parted ways as Emeros returned to his cell. He made it look like he was tired and wounded, and the guards didn''t say anything but many sneered at Emeros''s poor state.


    But once in his cell, Emeros took the blue potion.


    "Kyros... Teach me more!" Emeros spoke as he drank down the bottle.